Dust-pan.



Patented May 3, 1910.

F. HUBERT.

DUST PAN.

ILIOATION FILED DEO.17

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HUBEBT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DUST-PAN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HUnnnT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDust-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dust-pans and more particularly to dust-pansof that type in which the body or pan proper is provided with asuspension-bail so connected with the lid of the dust-pan that thelatter is automatically closed when the pan is suspended by the bail.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved connection betweenthe suspension-bail and the lid, the suspension-bail for this purposebeing connected with the ends of the stay applied to the back of the lidand adapted to support the lid in open position. In this way the staynot only serves its usual function of arresting the lid in the properposition, but it also serves as the connecting means between the lid andthe suspension-bail.

In the accompanying d 'awings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved dust-pan shown in open position for receiving the dust, Fig.2 is a vertical longi' tudinal section of the device in the positionshown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the manner inwhich the dust-pan is carried from place to place, and Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal section through the parts when in the positionshown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings, (6 represents a box-shaped pan, which is openat one end and provided with tapering side-walls. To the upper edge ofthe box-shaped pan is hinged a lid b, which is provided at oppositesides with keepers is through which a U- shaped bail (l is passed, saidbail being provided with inwardly-turned ends which are pivoted at (Z tothe side-walls of the pan. The bail is provided with a handle (l ofsuitable length for placing the lid in open or closed position. Thepivot connection between dust-pan and bail is made near the hingeconnection of the lid with the same, that is to say, sufficiently abovethe center of the box so that when the pan lifted it is Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 190B.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Serial No. 467,973.

tilted by gravity into approximately vertical position on the pivot-endsof the bail. To the rear-part of the lid Z) is applied a stay 7), madeof the same piece of wire from which the keepers 7.: are formed, andserving to support the lid, bail and handle in inclined position, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, when the pan is to be used for collecting dust.The wire stay I), which is preferably bent into U-shape, as shown inFig. 3, is adapted to abut with its intermediate connecting portionagainst the top-wall of the pan, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to holdthe lid and suspension-bail in the position indicated. As the keepers 7:are bent up from the stay at the ends of the same, the stay not onlyserves to hold the lid and suspensionbail in inclined position. but italso serves as a connection between the lid and hail. To the rear-endoi? the box-shaped pan is applied a handle IL. The main-part of the boxis preferably made narrow from the frontpart to and the rear-part.

Vhen the improved dust-pan is to be used, the handle is placed ininclined position, so that the lid is moved into open position. Thecollected dust is swept by the broom into the pan. This is continuedfrom time to time, until the dust brushed together in one or more roomsis collected in the pan, after which the handle is taken hold of and thepan lifted away from the floor, so that the pan swings automaticallyinto vertical position, while the lid is closed at the same time by theconnection 01 the bail with the same. In this position the dust-pan iscarried to the dust-reccptacle, and then emptied into the same by takinghold of the handle of the pan with one hand, and opening the lid bymeans of the bail with the other hand.

By the improved dust-pan the dust can be conveniently gathered andremoved to the dust-receptacle, while the lid is held in closedposition, and without the objectionable features of the well-known opendustpans in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.

1. In a dust-pan the combination of a pan, a lid hinged to the same, asuspensionbail for the pan, and a stay on the lid provided with ears,said stay resting on the top of the pan to support the lid and bail inupwardly-inclined position and connecting the lid With the bail so thatthe lid is automatically closed When the pan is suspended by the bail.

2. In a dust-pan, the combination of a pan, a lid hinged thereto, a stayon the back of the lid formed of a single piece of Wire and providedWith ears at right angles to the lid, and a suspension-bail pivoted tothe pan and guided in the ears of said stay.

3. In a dust-pan, the combination of a pan, a lid hinged to the same, abail pivoted to the pan, a wire-stay on the lid arranged to rest by itsintermediate connecting portion on the top-Wall of the pan to supportthe lid and bail in open position, and ears formed integral With thestay and at right angles With the lid. 7

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK HUBERT. I/Vitnesses PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER.

